Here are our experimental documentaries.

"News from the Sun"3min, 16mm in-camera edit, 2016

*please watch with headphones and/or professional audio equipment as the bass levels are very low*

Description:An apocalyptic narrative unfolds through the words of "The Sun", a British tabloid created by media mogul Rupert Murdoch. 4000 single frames were exposed, unedited, and accompanied with the pulsing rhythms of the sun collected by NASA, resembling the Buddhist "Om", the sound of our universe.

The Smyth Brothers were commissioned to make this film by Ben Russell for Moogfest 2016 in Durham, NC as part of a 9-part screening series entitled "Memories of the Space Age". Thanks to Josh Lewis at Negativland Motion Picture Lab for his beautiful processing/printing work!

Guided by a ceremonial death song, an attempt to reach the unholy sea transforms into a chaotic place study of Bali's infamous tourism district- car-bombed one year after 9/11. Osama bin Laden declared the attack to be a direct response to the United States' War on Terror. Now, a dimly-lit memorial stands amidst a sea of Western signage, and by fate, an identical Mitsubishi L300 passes ground zero as the roll flares out.

[ Published by Ohio State University's Journal of Short Film: click HERE to purchase! ]

SCREENINGS / AWARDS:

- Official Selection 2014 Milwaukee Underground Film Festival- Anthology Film Archives curated by Lorenzo Gattorna entitled "The Improbable Made Possible: Farewell From A Dying Star"- Official Selection 2014 Winnipeg Underground Film Festival- Official Selection 2014 Edinburgh International Film Festival- Official Selection 2014 Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival- Official Selection 2014 Columbus International Film & Video Festival- Official Selection 2014 Antimatter [Media Art]- Official Selection 2014 Transient Visions Festival of the Moving Image- Official Selection 2014 Virginia Film Festival- Published by The Journal of Short Film at Ohio State University- Official Selection 2015 Florida Experimental Film Festival- Official Selection 2015 $100 Film Festival- Official Selection 2015 Ethnografilm Festival (Paris, France)- BronxArtSpace curated by Mitsu Hadeishi entitled, "Synthetic Zero Event"- Official Selection 2015 Moving Film Festival (Kyoto, Japan)- Official Selection 2015 Speechless Film Festival- Official Selection 2015 Atlanta Film Festival- Official Selection 2015 Athens International Film and Video Festival- Published by OtherZine Issue #28: Autonomous Zones!- Official Selection 2015 Brooklyn Film Festival- Duke University (Durham, NC)- Franklin & Marshall College (Lancaster, PA)

"Rice for Sale"31min, 16mm to video, 2013

An experimental tale distorting Bali's modern world into a historical account depicting the demise of its former cultural motto, "Rice is Life." Ten wordless vignettes, all in-camera edits, are strung together to compose a two-part mythological venture down the heavenly mountain toward the demonic sea, culminating at the site of the 2002 terrorist bombing.